УThe new trading week started with purchases on the global markets, and the Russian market is no exception: the leading indicators are rising moderately despite the new U.S. sanctions which have officially came in force today,Ф Igor Kovalyov, an analyst at InstaForex group of companies, said.

Anastasia Popova, expert of BCS Broker, said that the Asian markets closed in the green zone propelled by growth of the Chinese market in the wake of the PeopleТs Bank of China decision to stabilize the yuan. The European and U.S. indices also increased.

She said that Novatek was one of the Russian market leaders after JP Morgan raised the global depositary receipts (GDR) price forecast to U.S. $190 from $120.

State banks increased in the morning but later lost the pace of the rise, Popova said.